Kelly's 2die4 no flour, low sugar PB cookies

My husband does not normally like cookies, because "they are too sweet," he also hates the idea of using white flour. I invented this recipe with less sugar and no flour, just for him. He loves them, he ate a 1/2 dozen in one afternoon, he also named the cookies---Honey I love you.

Ingredients

1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 brown sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 cup of softened butter (not melted)
1/4 cup of natural peanut butter
1/2 cup of chunky peanut butter
1 large egg
1 1/4 cup oat flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
extra granulated sugar

Recipe
1) preheat oven to 350
2) combine sugars, shortening, butter, peanut butters, and egg and mix together
3) add all dry ingredients to the mixture and mix
4) roll mixture into 1 inch balls and place onto baking sheet approx 2 inches apart
5) flatten cookies in a crisscross pattern with fork dipped in the extra granulated sugar
6) bake cookies for 9 min

serving size: approx 3 dozen

Recipe hints:
1) Oat flour---you can either make your own or buy it---to make it you just have to place oatmeal flakes into your blender and grind the flakes into flour. You can use either quick or rolled oats, it does not really matter.
2) you don't need to use natural peanut butter, if you don't you will need 3/4 cup of regular peanut butter, but the natural makes every thing taste even more peanut buttery

Pizza

This recipe is, easy, cheap, fun and very tasty!!! My husband made up this recipe and I am so glad that he did.

Ingredients
1 large frozen pizza
1 medium onion cut
1 1/2 cup pineapple
1 medium red pepper
5 pieces of Teriyaki chicken (Schwann's)

Recipe
1) preheat the oven to what the pizza box tells you to
2) saute onions and peppers
3) thaw chicken in microwave at aprox 40 sec.
4) cut the chicken into small bite size
5) place all ingredients on the pizza and cook at the specific time that the pizza box says

Cream Puffs

Betty Crocker to the Rescue

For years I looked for the perfect cream puff recipe that was easy and tasty---I finally found one and it was in my own recipe book by Betty Crocker, it has become one of my family's favorite desserts. You can fill these with all kinds of great things.

Things to fill cream puffs with; pudding (my family's favorite pudding flavors are; lemon and chocolate), ice cream, whipped cream, key lime pie filling, egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad.

Recipe
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
powdered sugar for garnishing (only if you want sweet cream puffs)

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. heat water and butter to rolling in a 2 1/2 quart saucepan. Stir in four, reduce heat to low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat.
3. Beat in eggs, all at once, with spoon; continue beating until smooth. Drop dough by scant 1/4 cupfuls (I make mine smaller, same time in the oven) about 3 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet.
4. Bake 35-40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft, about 30 minutes. Cut off top third of each puff; pull out any stands of soft dough. (I than place them back in the oven, tops and bottoms laying flat on a cooking sheet at 400 degrees for approx 4-5 minutes---this makes them nice and crisp).
5. Puffs can be placed in air tight containers without filling and used within a couple of days.
6. Fill puffs and replace tops. Garnish with powdered sugar. (I serve immediately--this way their nice and fresh and not soggy)

Killer Dip

The kids and grownups will love this recipe. You can have your children help prepare it too.

Ingredients
1 tub of sour cream
1 envelope of dry Ranch salad dressing
3/4 cups of dehydrated onions
salt and black pepper to taste

Recipe
Combine all ingredients and let sit in the refrigerator for at least an hour---the longer you allow it to sit the better it tastes

Serve with any veggies as a dip or with chips, pretzels, and/or crackers

Ranch Mashed Potatoes

Every one that has had this recipe has loved it and asked for my recipe. It's an easy but tasty recipe.

Serves approximately 8-10

Ingredients
6-8 medium potatoes (the ones that I like the best are the Yukon Gold)
1/4 stick of butter
16 once of sour cream
1/4 -1 cup of milk (this is not a precise measurement)
2 packets of Ranch Dressing (dry)

Recipe
1) Cut potatoes into bite size and add to cold pan of water
2) boil the potatoes until they are soft enough for a fork to go threw easily---don't over cook them
3) drain all water from the potatoes
4) mash the potatoes and add to them as mashing butter, sour cream, milk and ranch dressing packets
5) make sure potatoes are well mixed and serve

Personal Note: this recipe goes really nice with the ranch chicken and my husband loves both

Ranch Potatoes

This recipe would be a nice one to have the children help with. These potatoes are similar to oven fries and so they are a really good side with grilled meals and the kids will love them. You don't even need to tell them that they are healthy.

Ingredients
1 Ranch Dressing (dry packet)
1 large Ziploc bag
5 medium potatoes
Pam cooking spray

Recipe
1. Preheat over to 350 degrees
2. cut potatoes into bite size
3. place potatoes in a large Ziplock bag with the Ranch Dressing packet. Seal the bag and shake the contents. Make sure all the potatoes get dressing on them.
4. Spray a cooking sheet with Pam. Place the potatoes on the cooking sheet in a single layer.
5. Cook the potatoes for approximately 45 minutes, until lightly browned

Ranch Chicken

My husband just adores this recipe, secretly I think that this is one of the reasons why he married me.

Ingredients
2 chicken legs with thighs
1 packet of dry ranch dressing
1 large plastic sealed bag

Recipe
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Place the content of the dry packet of ranch dressing into the large plastic bag
3. Place both chicken legs in the bag with the dressing, seal the bag well
4. Shake the bag well making sure that each piece of chicken is covered
5. Place the chicken in the oven and cook for approximately 45 min-1 hour.
6. The chicken is done when there is no pink and the juices are running clear